Shipbuilders Continue to Face Drawn-out Slump in January

South Korean shipbuilders, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., secured only three shipbuilding deals in January, valued at a combined 2 trillion won (US$1.72...

Dry Bulk: Q4 Provided Optimism, Q1 Don’t Get Carried Away

Dry Bulk Shipping: Q4 provided optimism, Q1 will make sure we don’t get carried away Iron ore provides 30% of the demand for the dry...

Carnival Turning Cruise Ships into Floating ‘Smart Cities’ at Sea

Leisure travel colossus Carnival Corporation put a spin on technology used at Disney World to turn cruise ships into what it bills as smart...

Baltic Dry Index Plunges on Evaporating Shipping Demand

The BDI has plunged since the start of China’s Lunar New Year holiday as demand to ship raw materials into the world’s largest commodities...

[Watch] Sailor Fell Fourteen Metres Inside a Cargo Hold

Two men have been seriously injured after they fell fourteen metres inside a cargo ship near Port Alma. For more information, please visit here Did you...

Mother ‘Told to Prove Lactation’ at Frankfurt Airport

A woman has filed a complaint with German police alleging she was told to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was...

Martha Fatigue Report is Launched at the IMO

InterManager, the trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, together with The Warsash Maritime Academy, has presented the findings of its fatigue...

Fire on Arrested Cargo Ship at Port Vladivostok

General cargo ship Yeruslan is on fire at the off-harbour anchorage of port Vladivostok, an eyewitness reports.  Reports say that  the ship, which is...

Innovation Garage to Challenge the Boundaries of IT Innovation

Dualog, one of the world's leading providers of ship-to-shore data communications services, is challenging the boundaries of smart thinking in the shipping industry by...

Engine Blackout Runs Container Ship Aground, Kiel Canal Blocked

On Jan 31, by midnight a container ship "Elbsailor" suffered an engine blackout and ran into the embankment close to the ferry pt. Schacht-Audorf...